Nicole Hasham, James Massola, Tom Arup
Labor has been shaken by the leak of a confidential climate proposal that the Abbott government says reveals a "catastrophic" rift in the party's upper ranks and a plot to destabilise leader Bill...

Tom Arup
In a lengthy statement on the environment addressed not just to Catholics but "every living person on this planet", the Pope has issued an urgent call for humanity to tackle climate change and...

Tom Arup
Pope Francis is preparing to declare humans as primarily responsible for climate change, call for fossil fuels to be replaced by renewable energy and decry the culture of consumerism, a leaked draft...

Lisa Cox, Tom Arup
Australia has been urged to rapidly accelerate its cuts to greenhouse gases, with the independent Climate Change Authority recommending the Abbott government adopt an ambitious 30 per cent reduction...

Adam Morton and Tom Arup
The world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, including China and the US, have questioned the credibility of Australia's climate change targets and "direct action" policy in a series of queries to the...

Tom Arup
Australia has begun formalising the use of koalas as a "soft power" diplomatic strategy, with a 600-page manual for the practice having been drawn-up by the foreign affairs department and the...